.TH Command OFFER
.NA offer "Offer a loan or treaty to another country"
.LV Expert
.SY "offer loan <CNUM/CNAME> <AMOUNT> <DURATION> <RATE>"
.SY "offer treaty <CNUM/CNAME>"
The offer command is used to offer either a loan or a treaty
to another country.
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In the case of a loan:
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<CNUM/CNAME> is the number or name of the country to whom
you are offering the loan,
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<AMOUNT> is the size of the loan.
(NOTE: do not use a dollar sign),
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<DURATION> is the length of the loan in days,
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<RATE> is the interest rate, (per <DURATION>), on the loan.
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The program prompts with various questions concerning any
terms of the loan not provided on the command line
and sends a telegram to <CNUM/CNAME> announcing the loan offer.
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If the other country accepts the loan,
(using the \*Qconsider\*U command),
the money will be transferred from your account
and you will be notified that the loan duration has started.
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Note that the dependence of rate on the duration makes a 30 day loan
at 10% a worse deal than a 60 day loan at 15%.
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In the case of a treaty:
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<CNUM/CNAME> is the name or number of the country to whom
you wish to offer the treaty.
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You will be asked to set both the conditions for yourself
and for the other country.
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The conditions from which you may choose are:
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Condition                 Command(s) affected
no attacks on land units  lboard
no attacks on ships       board
no sector attacks         assault, attack, paradrop
no shelling ships         fire
no depth-charging subs    fire
no shelling land          fire
no enlistments            enlist
no building               build
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Note that the first six terms apply to interactions
between the two parties to the treaty while the last two apply
to ANY actions of the specified type.
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Once you have offered the treaty,
a telegram will be sent to the other country indicating the offer.
If the other country accepts the treaty,
(using the \*Qconsider\*U command),
you will be notified that it has gone into effect.
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Once signed, the treaty is not binding!
However, any violation of the treaty will be pointed out
to the violator in time for him/her to reconsider the action and will
find its way into the news.
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.SA "collect, consider, ledger, repay, treaty, Loans"